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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbxTEv7OmD
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hwLe2PPjm
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZe0ij52A9
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfjI3Q0AKE
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7xJVZvdo0
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3nGzF3sVo
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSZFttf6ty
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSwCkrCMOA
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNI9s56ZVj
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6VGtg23vQ
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLfhPSdPJV
I insisted ...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrQOTYXvIe
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga8XqaQjiO
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsJMCu2Hh2
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡld99X6Mh6g
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiY5dzbYRa
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82HWUrSCot
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpSTa7k5UZ
meaning?”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKak6WsMb2
“Yes ...”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9o3MIjaeu
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l2KZXZMvx
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw1IgyYsIE
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbhP0jdXv9
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8po7wyXY35
“Charged?” I asked.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe50DpsUUzx
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk5XaZ8lr5
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozcJVcv7Qd
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2FkSP51hg
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbd8mjXDMm
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn8g89dNT5
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOevas4GmHP
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrShAKqAzq3
and do what I ask of you.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZdthcBXaj
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxVrmniDjX
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEYQj1ZOgH
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5aDulC9aG
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56PeaS8MUP
unassertive manner.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lzZ1B0KaJ
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDqXUTzamV
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2YYij9N0G
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rlhPEZLdF
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRwhE67J85
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcKLEV2EQ0
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU93CTR26YC
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDmG6mbQfX
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD3YjGWwFe
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEqm9zQ4lZ
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ULsSgoz5r
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBgIfIYjQz
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gccgUmXXw
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV4zTEfN5W
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxEv1crsXB
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeErgxkOEc
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW5kuyXbEK
It felt so...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBByTblWdd
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5cLG4nIh0
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
